Kalam Cosmological Arguments

This book it well laid out, it's my first attempt to understand Kalam cosmological arguments. I've read the book cover to cover twice and still processing some of it but with a copious amount of references, it acts as a great launchpad to wider works, especially those which are in Arabic and generally not available to English readers. Also, the references are in the main body of the book, therefore, it's much more useful than having to constantly scan the back pages when making notes. For clarity, I do believe in God but having discussions with friends or rather acquaintances I found myself needing to actually evaluate what this belief was based on or whether it was an innate acceptance. If the latter, attempting to use intelligence/intellect to see if this innate belief is valid. I would suggest for a future version or a new book to be more expansive and take the form of a primer. There are many theological terms used in the book, some are explained briefly, others are not which requires a separate investigation/research. Hopefully this is the first of many books which can expand this type of literature in English.

Fantastic book, I love how it also touches upon the ontological argument at the start. Very good book that goes in depth about Al-Gazali views, on this arguement. I also love how the author, talks about those that argue against this. It shows sincerity from the author. I've been watching William Lane Craig's videos to learn more and he truly has mastered this argument. I've seen debates with Sam Harris, Cosmic Skeptic. None of them could articulate with ease against the Kalam Cosmological Arguement. You'll notice the tactics become more about good and evil, which has no basis in discussing theism and atheism for this argument. It just shows how solid the Kalam Cosmological Arguement is in proving existence of a God, at the high price tag needed to believe in Atheism.

The Kalam Cosmological Argument is an interesting and compelling philosophical argument for the existence of God. It’s built on three simple premises: everything that begins to exist has a cause, the universe began to exist, and therefore, the universe has a cause. This argument often leads to discussions about the nature of the cause, which many proponents identify as God. It’s a thought-provoking argument that ties into broader debates in both philosophy and theology, though it’s not without its critiques. For anyone interested in cosmology and the intersection of science and faith, it’s a fascinating point of discussion.

The author has done really well to provide a thorough overview and comparison of several different cosmological arguments, touching on perspectives around the subject from the likes of Aristotle all the way to Ibn Taymiyyah. The book manages very articulately to do this in a concise manner and thus the title of this review - quality over quantity. A fantastic book for anyone interested in learning more about this area of philosophy without necessarily being overwhelmed (e.g. You're an average layman like myself.. which isn't a bad thing!). It has left me wanting to read and learn more about not only different cosmological arguments but also ontological arguments as well as counter arguments that try to suggest that God in fact, may not exist.

Mohammad Hijab correlates the various cosmological arguments for the existence of God and presents them in this small book. He has successfully argued the cosmological argument in many forums, many of which can be found on YouTube. Please watch these as well. Superb book.

This book was an amazing read I found it to be very easy to understand and I enjoyed my time reading. It thought me that there are more than one kalam cosmological argument as that’s what I learnt in school.

I might update this review after completing the book, so far I'm delighted. Where I would suggest some improvement: I would've liked Muhammad to start slower. To bring one concept first, define it slowly for dummies like me, give examples so dummies like me can understand, and only after doing this then tell us what others said and thought about it. I thought Muhammad assumes a preexisting knowledge of the terminologies to an extent. But for £2.99 this is still an absolute steal and a great book to work with, although I needed to reference Youtube to get some explanation of some terms.

It's a decent collection of essays. Definitions and translation is done neatly.

Muy bueno el libro, hay ciertos razonamientos que nunca tuve en cuenta y creo que son muy interesantes.

It's a short very well constructed book to open your eyes, or rather your mind, to maybe new questions, that push you to ponder further and beyond what's mentionned.

I'm someone who appreciates brevity because of my time and i get this book very interesting, clear and concise. I just wait another book of this subject in the future, because it is a good work. Let us see more islamic philosophy, theology and classical texts translated or written and put out there for the public. I searched books of this sort a long and they are rare or non-existent. The only books that i got was some historic philosophy books of the islamic middle ages written by Peter Adamson which are all new and some few others but there is a great leap of history when it comes to islamich philosophy and what was been there between the era of the greeks and the renaissance. This time of literature is too rare and books of this sort with muslim perspective are rarer. A nice and a different perspective.

I really liked this book. The arguments presented in the book are well written and explained. Mohamed Hijab has done an amazing job. What an amazing book

Book un peu petite que vous pouvez lire en 2 jours mais ça va vous donner une idée sur les philosophes musulmans.